710 Quotes by Sun Tzu

If quick, I survive.If not quick, I am lost.This is "death.

Cum.

Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment — that which they cannot anticipate.

The wise warrior avoids the battle.

Standing on the defensive indicates insufficient strength; attacking, a superabundance of strength.

One hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful, subduing the other's military without battle is the most skillful.

A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return.

Therefore the clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him.

Defeat your enemy from within.